Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has unveiled a Bill of Rights that he claims would overrule decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights, such as the recent interim measure which blocked the deportation of several illegal immigrants to Rwanda. Raab, who is also the deputy prime minister, says the Bill of Rights—which would supplant…
Raab Unveils Bill of Rights in Effort to Reassert UK Legal Supremacy
June 22, 2022
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Pfizer Vaccine Impairs Sperm Count: Conspiracy Theorists Were Right
Commentary A new peer-reviewed study published in the journal Andrology on June 17 vindicates another dark suspicion about COVID-19 vaccines: they harm male fertility. Specifically, researchers find declining sperm counts for up to five months after the second dose of Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 jab. Previously, any legitimate questions about COVID-19 vaccination affecting fertility were dismissed…
School Trustees Should Focus on Education, Not Politics
Commentary School board trustees have an important role: They must ensure that students receive a high-quality education. For this to happen, a number of very important decisions must be made. Trustees are responsible for striking budgets, hiring district leaders, selecting appropriate educational programs, and providing students with bus transportation. Being a trustee is a serious…
Afghanistan Quake Kills 1,000 People, Deadliest in Decades
KABUL, Afghanistan—A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the deadliest temblors in decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 temblor that damaged buildings…
Microsoft Retiring Emotion-Reading Technology, Limiting Access to Facial Recognition Amid Concerns Over Privacy
June 22, 2022
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced it would stop selling technology that predicts a person’s emotional state and gender amid concerns over its privacy and a lack of consensus on a definition of “emotions.” Sarah Bird, principal group product manager at Microsoft’s Azure AI unit, announced the decision—part of Microsoft’s efforts to ensure its AI technology is used…
Oklahoma Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes 3-Point Plan to Make Schools Safer
June 22, 2022
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With the horror of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, still fresh in the minds of many Americans, a former law enforcement officer and SWAT team leader has come up with a three-point plan to make schools safer. Mark Sherwood, a 24-year retired veteran of the Tulsa Police Department in Oklahoma, is also an author, a…
Stocks and Oil Tumble as Recession Fears Mount
LONDON—World stock markets and oil prices hit the skids on Wednesday as the persistent palpitations about rising interest rates and recessions struck again, while the Japanese yen hit a fresh 24-year low against a seemingly unstoppable U.S. dollar. The enthusiasm that had given Wall Street its best day in over a month on Tuesday was…
Rents to Rise for Millions of New Yorkers in Rent-Stabilized Housing
June 22, 2022
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New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board voted on Tuesday to hike rent for around 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in the Big Apple in the largest rent increase in nearly a decade, estimated to impact over 2 million tenants. At a contentious June 21 public meeting that saw tenants plead for another freeze and landlords call for…
The Spies Who Loathe Us
June 22, 2022
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News Analysis In the early days of Social Media—it must have been around the year 2005—a friend wrote that she would stay off completely and forever. She valued her privacy. She saw absolutely no gain to posting her whereabouts and goings on for the world to see. The state can too easily take that information…
’I Just Wanted to Call Him Dad’: Boy, 11, Shares Journey of Being Adopted By Stepfather
For an 11-year-old boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, who was officially adopted by his stepdad into their forever family, this special day meant the world to him. “I’d been waiting for it for a long time,” Connor Julian told The Epoch Times. “When the judge said I was officially adopted, I burst into tears because I was…
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